2 Kings 2:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Common English Bible

¹² Elisha was watching, and he cried out, “Oh, my father, my father! Israel’s chariots and its riders!” When he could no longer see him, Elisha took hold of his clothes and ripped them in two.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: "My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!" And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:12 Cross References

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

2 Kings 13:14

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

2 Kings 2:13

And he took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had commanded you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

2 Kings 6:21

When the king of Israel saw them he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them?”

Job 22:30

He delivers the innocent man; you will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

Isaiah 37:15

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:

Isaiah 37:21

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Isaiah 37:4

It may be that the Lord your God heard the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

Mark 16:19

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 2:15

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

Luke 24:51

While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.

Acts 1:9

And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

Acts 27:24

and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and lo, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

Acts 8:2

Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

2 Corinthians 5:2

Here indeed we groan, and long to put on our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are still in this tent, we sigh with anxiety; not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Ephesians 4:8

Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

Revelation 11:12

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up hither!” And in the sight of their foes they went up to heaven in a cloud.

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living.”